Prepware Commercial Pilot Test vs Cockpit App Systems
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prepware Commercial Pilot Test
Prepare for your FAA Knowledge Exam with this comprehensive study and test tool. It offers flashcard-style review of questions, answers, and explanations, allowing you to study by subject or take realistic practice tests.
- Flashcard-style review
- Questions, answers, and explanations
- Study by subject
- Practice tests
- FAA Knowledge Exam preparation
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A comprehensive study and test preparation tool for the FAA Knowledge Test. Study questions, answers, and detailed explanations by subject, or test your knowledge with realistic practice tests. Includes relevant FAA figures, tables, and charts to help you prepare for the actual exam.
Cockpit App Systems
This app provides a comprehensive study tool for pilots, focusing on aircraft cockpit systems and procedures. It offers interactive learning for lights and switches, along with customizable flow procedures that can be shared and accessed via the cloud. Users can test their knowledge and access detailed information on hundreds of buttons and switches.
- Interactive lights and switches study
- Editable and shareable flow procedures
- Cloud synchronization for flows
- Information on 300+ buttons and switches
- User-created flow sharing
- Switch-related questions for some aircraft
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A320 B737NG E170 CRJ200 available for purchase within one app! Try before you buy! Designed for both the iPad, and iPhone, by professional pilots, instructors and check airman. The app is a "lights and switches" study tool supplemented with editable flows. Flows: - Study, review, test, and record flows. - Upload your flows to our cloud. Share them across your devices. - Find flows by other users. Note: Flows are user created only! Newly released airplane types might only have placeholder flows. Light & Switches: - Information about 300+ buttons and switches only a tap away. Other Features: - Some airplane types have questions about switches. Note: Newly released types might not.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cockpit App Systems at Free against Prepware Commercial Pilot Test's $9.99. Cockpit App Systems also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (63% vs 36%). Prepware Commercial Pilot Test's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Cockpit App Systems is free to download; Prepware Commercial Pilot Test costs $9.99 up front. Cockpit App Systems sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Prepware Commercial Pilot Test asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cockpit App Systems holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cockpit App Systems has 500 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Prepware Commercial Pilot Test's written reviews are positive against 63% of Cockpit App Systems's.
Prepware Commercial Pilot Test ships an update every 4 months, Cockpit App Systems every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prepware Commercial Pilot Test | Cockpit App Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (35 ratings) | 4.8 (500 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.2% of reviews | 63.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 500 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ASA | K2K Soft, LLC |
Customer experience
Prepware Commercial Pilot Test
Cockpit App Systems
Bugs and requests
Prepware Commercial Pilot Test
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cockpit App Systems
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes after updates and won't open
- Settings and study menus display blank items
- Full version purchase doesn't unlock features
- Trial activation requires in-app purchase despite free claim
- App stops working after approximately one month of purchase
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- Inconsistent functionality across iOS versions
- Paid content not accessible after payment
Requested features
14 requests- French language version or automatic translation feature
- B737 aircraft variant support
- Updated fuel panel for A321
- Additional overhead panel items (data link, maintenance panel)
- Multiple selectable systems in System Display
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- Resizable rectangles for flow testing instead of fixed circles
- Disable automatic zoom on switch interactions
- Edit function for button/item location selection
- Character counter for flow creation
- More detailed switch information and descriptions
- Correct IR modes (FAULT, ALIGN instead of OFF, FAULT)
- Airline-specific flow accuracy (DAL flows mentioned)
- ECAM pages readable alongside other content
- Better text formatting and indentation for note clarity
In-app purchases
Prepware Commercial Pilot Test
No in-app purchases
Cockpit App Systems
- Full Access (Free)Free
- TrialFree
- Access to Flashcards$24.99
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- Access to Flows$24.99
- A320 Access$49.99
- CRJ200 Full Access$49.99
- B737NG Full Access$49.99
- B737NG Promo$49.99
- E170 Full Access$49.99
- E170 Promo$49.99
Questions
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